in reply to Re^4: Unable to declare local variable with "use strict".
in thread Unable to declare local variable with "use strict".

> But you may introduce a variable using local,

no you can't, local doesn't declare!

lanx@nc10-ubuntu:~$ perl -e 'use strict; local $x=4; print $x'
Global symbol "$x" requires explicit package name at -e line 1.
Global symbol "$x" requires explicit package name at -e line 1.
Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.
lanx@nc10-ubuntu:~$ perl -e 'use strict; our $x=4; print $x'
4lanx@nc10-ubuntu:~$

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